She said: 'I got men saying things like: 'I'll meet you on the A66, love. I'll ditch the wife in a layby and we'll have some fun.'

But of the dates she did go on, Nicci said: 'I'd park up at the man's house and we'd go on a date. Then we'd say goodnight and I'd sleep in the campervan'.

Adventure: Ms Taylor, a single mum, sold up and went round Scotland looking for love with her dog Milo and within three months she found it

Divorcee James Pollard had read her story and invited her to pop in for a coffee were she to be passing John o' Groats - one of the most isolated spots in Britain.

Romance: James Pollard saw her story and invited to his mansion for coffee - and four days later asked her to stay for good

Yet Nicci promptly pitched up in her campervan — and James proffered not just a coffee, but a glass of champagne - ‘and in a crystal glass, too,’ Nicci said.

Love blossomed. Quickly. Within four days he had asked her to stay for ever, uttering the words that every singleton living in a campervan wants to hear: ‘What’s mine is yours.’

Incredibly, they are even talking about marriage. ‘I was ill the other night and I asked James if he was going to carry me upstairs,’ she tells me. ‘He said: “I’ll save that till I carry you over the threshold.” ’

James had been single for 10 years when he read Nicci's story, and got in touch with her.

He said: 'I did think "cor" to start with, yes.

'But also, 'What grit this woman has.' I didn't think I'd have much chance, though. Where I live is pretty much the end of the line. I thought she'd be snapped up long before she got up here.'

When she came to visit, James had a spare room set up for her so she didn't have to sleep in the campervan, and it took four days for the couple to kiss.

She set off on her journey again, but decided to turn back after an hour.

Nicci Taylor and James Pollard are due to appear on ITV's This Morning with Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby tomorrow.